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DSPs: An Open Letter

4. März 2013

Wie viele von euch wissen, veröffentlichen Linkin Park seit 2007 die Liveaufnahmen ihrer Konzerte, Anfang 2008 fingen sie damit auch in Deutschland an. Klar ist jedoch, dass es auch Aufnahmen von sehr vielen Shows gibt, die vorher stattfanden. LPLive hat jetzt zusammen mit 15 anderen Fanseiten den offenen Brief verfasst, den ihr unten nachlesen könnt, um eine Veröffentlichung eines Teils dieser alten Aufnahmen zu ermöglichen. Dieses Thema wurde in der Vergangenheit sehr häufig diskutiert und wir hoffen, dass dadurch endlich ein Fortschritt in dem stockenden Prozess erreicht werden kann.

Wenn ihr schon immer wolltet, dass eine bestimmte Linkin Park Show, bei der ihr zum Beispiel selbst anwesend wart, dann habt ihr jetzt die Möglichkeit etwas daran zu ändern: werdet aktiv, teilt diesen offenen Brief auf Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr oder sonstwo und helft uns, dass er gelesen wird, so dass auch endlich etwas passiert, vielleicht habt ihr dann bald die Möglichkeit eine der älteren Linkin Park Liveshows, die bisher nicht veröffentlicht wurde zu hören. Nun lest selbst:

LPLIVE: Hi everyone! Over course of the last week, we have worked on a letter to Linkin Park’s management about releasing older DSPs (pre-2007 shows). On LPLive especially, this topic has been discussed amongst fans quite a lot since 2007. On this letter, we have collaborated with 15 other Linkin Park fansites. Some of them you are familiar with and some you might not have heard of; now is a great time to check those sites out and see what they have to offer. Without them, this would not be possible.

Needless to say, if you’ve ever felt strongly about getting older Linkin Park shows released, now is your time to speak up. We know there are many of you who love the older Linkin Park shows just as much as we do. Drop a reply, send a tweet, get active on this topic.

via LPLive

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March 3, 2013

To:
Linkin Park management

 Linkin Park touring staff

 and all others whom it may concern,

We are writing to show our appreciation for the live shows released and sold by Linkin Park online as well as to bring up the possibility of releasing some older shows by the band.

The Linkin Park community is very thankful for the DSP (Digital Souvenir Package) concept, which allows fans around the world to relive their concert experiences over and over again. Introduced in July 2007 on the Projekt Revolution tour, live show offerings began with a live CD code available to purchase at a show. In 2008, the DSP program was introduced where fans could buy the show online (sometimes even with their ticket purchases), including the audio of the full performance and photos from the event at downloads.linkinpark.com.

The DSP program has continued to this day, including shows from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The DSPs have become quite popular with fans of the band, encouraging discussions on every single show released (a whopping 229 shows as of March 2013).

Chester in 2008 commented,

“For those who get this thing, you know, our sets change, we play songs maybe one night that we don’t play the next, and so if you want to get those songs, you know, we encourage our fans to go on and trade them and kind of get to know each other and communicate and share and exchange things with each other, and this is one of those things that we would really like our fans to kind of do that with.”

Mike also said the same year during Projekt Revolution:

“Fans love it. I mean if you go to our Web site and you check out the message board we have a whole section dedicated to the fans who want to talk to each other about swapping those files and sharing their experiences of the show. For us, and you can kind of get a sense with the other bands as well, that for us and this whole tour it’s kind of about like let’s just see where it goes. We’re keeping our minds open to what happens every night, we try to make the set — more and more often we make it flow and feel, we feel out what the crowd wants us to do, we kind of jam a little bit. And with all that said, you know each show is a little bit different, sometimes a lot different. And that just makes for a better experience for the fans and it’s one that now, with that digital souvenir package that they can actually take home.”

Like Mike mentioned, there is a large online presence of LP fans who enjoy collecting and discussing these officially recorded shows, both on official LP websites and on the numerous fan sites across the web. Additionally, on these fan sites (forums and torrent sites as well), there are fan-recorded concerts of the band from 2000-2013 which fans trade, collect and listen to time and time again. Over the years, many fans enjoyed highlights of Linkin Park’s live performances due to the dedication of those who go out of their way to record shows. However, all too frequently the quality of these recordings is lacking.

Prior to 2007 when the live CDs started, only one full Linkin Park show had been released by the band – the CD/DVD “Live in Texas” in 2003. Nothing from the start of when Linkin Park began playing live to 2003 has ever been released and nothing from 2004-2006 has ever been released (from the “Live In Texas” period to the online live shows period starting in 2007). There have been occasional live songs tacked onto releases by the band (international singles + Linkin Park Underground CDs), such as a song from 2003 or a few tracks from 2006 for example.

With the “Hybrid Theory Studio Collection” release on iTunes (January 2013), ‘High Voltage’ live from the Wantagh, New York 2001 show surfaced – a show recorded by Linkin Park but never released in any form. Along with this show, we are aware of several older shows that have had songs released by Linkin Park, but haven’t been released in full:

Partial shows released on singles:
2001-03-24 London, UK
2001-08-09 Wantagh, NY
2001-09-16 London, UK
2001-11-17 Tacoma, WA
2002-02-23 San Diego, CA
2003-02-27 Hamburg, DE
2003-03-11 Worcester, MA
2003-03-17 Detroit, MI
2003-08-22 Reading, UK
2004-08-13 Atlanta, GA
2004-08-18 Tampa, FL
2006-08-12 Osaka, JP
2006-08-13 Tokyo, JP
+ other undated performances from Ozzfest 2001, Family Values Tour 2001, LP Underground Tour 2003 and Projekt Revolution 2004.

With the DSPs, Linkin Park has only sold recent shows from the past few years (2007-2012). On the LP ARCHIVES: official tour bootlegs site (downloads.linkinpark.com), visitors see a list of “top 5” shows. Currently, the shows included in this list are New York City 2008 (the show featuring a surprise encore appearance by Jay-Z), Paris 2010 (the show featuring a surprise ‘A Place For My Head’ performance for Hybrid Theory’s 10th Anniversary), Berlin 2010 (the first show released with songs from A Thousand Suns), and Israel 2010 (the band’s first performance in the country). Obviously, the shows with more “importance” (like a special song, a song debut, a guest on stage, or the band’s first appearance in a country) are the shows which are purchased the most.

If you take a poll online, older tours like Projekt Revolution 2004 rank near the top of “favorite Linkin Park tours” with hardcore fans of the band and with the platform already there (downloads.linkinpark.com), the band has an outlet in which to release older shows to fans. Older shows contain highlights as well – Projekt Revolution 2002, for example, featured several guests during the show, a cover of ‘’My Own Summer’ by the Deftones and rare appearances of songs like ‘It’s Goin’ Down’ and ‘And One’. Additionally, the tour in Japan in 2006 featured ‘Reading My Eyes’ (only played live 8 times) and older shows (2001-2004) feature live songs which have never been released by the band like ‘Hit The Floor’ or ‘Forgotten’.

There should be no question about whether there is interest from Linkin Park fans, as the interest has been there for years (as you will see by the fansites listed below). A release of older LP shows would be very exciting for fans of the band and the band’s live performances. At the Incubus live site (http://incubuslivebootlegs.com), Incubus has a list of shows they recorded (even available in lossless formats) and fans can vote on which ones they want to be mixed and released. We are aware that a lot of shows are not able to be released due to contracts/restrictions by various groups like festivals, etc, but we do think there are at least a few older shows that could be mixed and released to the Linkin Park community. In conclusion, it would be great for fans to be able to enjoy some of these older performances by the band!

Thank you for your time,

Linkin Park Live – http://lplive.net / http://twitter.com/lplive
The Linkin Park Association – http://lpassociation.com / http://twitter.com/LPAssociation
Mike Shinoda Clan – http://www.mikeshinodaclan.com / http://twitter.com/mikeshinodaclan
The Linkin Park Times – http://lptimes.com / http://twitter.com/LPTimes
Linkin Park Fan Corner – http://lpfancorner.com / http://twitter.com/LPFanCorner
Wretches & Kings – http://www.wretchesandkings.net / http://twitter.com/WaK_Website
LinkinPark:Br – http://linkinparkbr.com / http://twitter.com/LinkinParkbr
Linkin Park México – http://www.linkinpark.mx / http://twitter.com/LinkinParkMX
LP Revolution – http://lprevolution.eu / http://twitter.com/lprevolution
BlackChester.de – https://blackchester.de / http://twitter.com/BlackChesterde
Linkin Park BE – http://linkinpark-blog.be / http://twitter.com/LinkinParkBe
[LP] Australia – http://facebook.com/LinkinParkAus / http://twitter.com/LinkinParkAus
Bleeding Soldiers (Linkin Park Peru) – http://www.facebook.com/LinkinPark.Peru.BS / http://twitter.com/LinkinParkPeru
Soldiers Argentinos – http://www.facebook.com/SoldiersARG / http://twitter.com/Soldiers_Arg
Fuck Yeah Linkin Park – http://fuckyeahlinkinpark.tumblr.com

CASTLE OF GLASS VIDEO + Medal of Honor: Warfighter Veröffentlichung angekündigt

2. Oktober 2012

Nun ist es endlich soweit: das Video zu CASTLE OF GLASS, sowie die damit verbundene Beta Veröffentlichung von Medal of Honor: Warfighter haben endlich ein Veröffentlichungsdatum!

Am 05. Oktober, also diesen Freitag wird die Beta von Medal of Honor: Warfighter Multiplayers veröffentlicht. Spätestens 5 Tage später, also am 10. Oktober, soll das Video zu CASTLE OF GLASS erscheinen. Eventuell erscheint es auch schon früher, sobald die MoH: Warfighter Multiplayer Demo eine Downloadzahl von 3 Millionen erreicht hat.

Außerdem könnt ihr euch jetzt noch mehrere Behind The Scenes Teile des Videoshoots anschauen, die auf dem Medal of Honor Youtube Channel verfügbar sind: Part 1, Part 2 und Part 3 .

Quelle: Major Nelson via LPAssociation

Medal of Honor Warfighter Soundtrack erschienen

25. September 2012
mofw_sountrack

Wie ihr bereits wisst arbeiten Linkin Park und insbesondere Mike Shinoda aktuell eng mit dem Entwicklerteam von Medal of Honor Warfighter zusammen. Nun ist auch der Soundtrack zum Spiel erschienen auf dem Mike Shinoda mit folgenden zwei Tracks vertreten ist:

  • NOC Out
  • Saa´iq

Den gesamten Soundtrack könnt ihr auf iTunes (6,99€) oder Amazon (9,89€) erstehen, die einzelnen Tracks kosten jeweils 99 cent.

Quellen: iTunes , Amazon

Interview mit Ken „Pooch“ Van Druten

31. Juli 2011

Palmer Germany TV, ein Musikinstrumente- und Zubehör-Hersteller, hatte beim Hessentag in Oberursel die Möglichkeit Ken „Pooch“ Van Druten, Linkin Park’s Front Of House Engineer, zu interviewen. Das komplette Videointerview könnt ihr euch hier anschauen.

Er spricht unter anderem über seine Karriere (KISS, Limp Bizkit, SOAD, Kid Rock, Eminem, Guns’N’Roses etc.),  was er bei Linkin Park genau macht, und warum er dies tut. Außerdem spricht er darüber, wie er mit Palmer Produkten in Kontakt kam

Helft Linkin Parks Crew

27. Juli 2011

Pooch, der Soundtechniker von Linkin Park hat eine Bitte an alle Linkin Park Fans. Im Laufe des Jahres werden wieder die Parnelli Awards, dies ist der „Live Event Industry“ Award, verliehen. Aus diesem Grunde seid ihr, die Linkin Park Fans dazu aufgerufen HIER die folgenden drei Mitglieder der Linkin Park Crew zu nominieren: Ken „Pooch“ Van Druten als „FOH Mixer of the Year“, Kevin „Tater“ McCarthy als „Monitor Mixer of the Year“ und Jim Digby als „Production Manager of the Year“. Die Crew würde sich sehr freuen, wenn ihr sie an den entsprechenden Stellen nominieren würdet, als „Show“ müsst ihr dann nur „Linkin Park“ angeben. Hier Pooch’s komplette Nachricht:

Nominations for an industry award called the Parnelli’s are open. If you thought the LP show this year was the best please nominate us. Click on the link below and enter nominations for Ken „Pooch“ Van Druten for FOH engineer of the year. Kevin „Tater“ McCarthy for Monitor Engineer of the year. And Jim Digby for production manager of the year. Please enter our names in the appropriate spot and the show is Linkin Park. ALSO please repost to all the LP fansites. Let’s rally the troops and get the LP crew nominated for these awards. Thank you.

http://www.parnelliawards.com/nominate.php

Projekt Revolution, was ist das überhaupt?

5. Februar 2011
Projekt Revolution

Gerade erst wurde eine Projekt Revolution Tour für Deutschland ausgerufen, da fragen sich einige, was ist Projekt Revolution eigentlich? Einige von euch erinnern euch vielleicht noch an die Europäische Projekt Revolution Tour von 2008, bei der Linkin Park unter anderem von N*E*R*D und HIM begleitet wurden, aber das waren bei Weitem nicht die Anfänge.

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